When an employee posts an unfavorable comment on a social channel, we need not concern ourselves with the channel itself. The content of the comment and the fact that an employee felt the need to go outside the organization to post is what’s important. Social channels give the public a Glassdoor as well as employers a mirror. Recognize the mirrors your program has available.

Reputation comes from what people outside your company believe about your company’s behavior. Sometimes what they believe is accurate; other times it isn’t. Culture is how people inside your company believe your company behaves and works to reaffirm those beliefs. Sometimes that response strengthens a winning culture; other times it undermines it.

Thanks to the rise in popularity of anonymous online chat apps, employees are speaking among themselves more loudly than ever before. While these chat apps can present challenges to organizations, they also offer companies a chance to harness the power of anonymous discussion to further the cause of an ethical culture.

Is it time for ethics and compliance officers to address the broader range of ethical challenges organizations now face? Ed Petry addresses this question, and offers his perspective on pushing the boundaries of your compliance program—and choosing the right battles.

Armed with a cell phone and an internet connection, an employee can create a covert video which can quickly go viral. In this post, we offer eight ways your organization can prepare for, handle and prevent secret workplace recordings.

In the digital society we live in, we are inundated with thousands of messages a day. Out of all the messages you see, which ones do you tend to remember? Is it the one you saw on a poster in your break room at work, or the one you saw on You Tube? In this post, guest author Booz Allen Hamilton’s Michael Kallens and NAVEX Global’s Diane Brown share strategies for choosing channels that help make E&C messages memorable.

Workplace harassment is a decades-old problem that, frustratingly, takes on new forms and new life each year—and current events and trends continue to drive new forms of harassment at work. In this post, we discuss the latest workplace harassment trends and challenges, as well as tools and approaches to help your organization stay vigilant, minimize risk and maintain a healthy "speak-up" culture.

With all the other critical compliance priorities in queue, social media has a hard time beating out pressing compliance risks like privacy, insider trading, conflicts of interest, and bribery and corruption. But ignoring the risk all-together is certainly not a wise decision. By taking five simple steps you can start to weave social media education into your compliance program.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal featured an article on companies that are enlisting employees who are identified as “influencers” – “employees who are particularly well-connected and trusted by their peers” – to help “come up with new products, get workers on board with big changes like mergers, or spread information throughout the organization.”

Trend number 5 is on the docket today as we move down our list of ethics and compliance trends to watch. Privacy issues have led the headlines for years but their intersection with ethics and compliance is coming to the forefront.

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